Kickstart is partnering with the U.S. Embassy to host a chat with Garrett Gee , who is visiting the Philippines on a U.S. State Department speaker program. Garrett is the founder and CEO of Scan , which received US$1.7 million in seed funding when the company started in early 2011. Scan creates web and mobile tools to enable enterprises and individuals to benefit from mobile transaction technologies such as Quick Response (QR) Code, Near Field Communication (NFC), among others. Scan was even listed by Inc.com as one of America’s Coolest College Startups in 2012